Synonyms for on the side
- later
- abutting
- adjacent
- adjoining
- after
- alongside
- attached
- back-to-back
- beside
- close
- closest
- coming
- consequent
- coterminous
- ensuing
- following
- hard by
- meeting
- nearest
- neighboring
- proximate
- side-by-side
- subsequent
- succeeding
- touching
Antonyms for on the side
WORD ORIGIN
Old English side "flanks of a person, the long part or aspect of anything," from Proto-Germanic *sithon (cf. Old Saxon sida, Old Norse siða, Danish side, Swedish sida, Middle Dutch side, Dutch zidje, Old High German sita, German Seite), from adjective *sithas "long" (cf. Old English sid "long, broad, spacious," Old Norse siðr "long, hanging down"), from PIE root *se- "long, late" (see soiree).
Original sense preserved in countryside. Figurative sense of "position or attitude of a person or set of persons in relation to another" (cf. choosing sides) first recorded mid-13c. Meaning "one of the parties in a transaction" is from late 14c.; sense in a sporting contest or game is from 1690s. Meaning "music on one side of a phonograph record" is first attested 1936. Phrase side by side "close together and abreast" is recorded from c.1200. Side-splitting "affecting with compulsive laughter" is attested by 1825.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR ON THE SIDE
additional
adjectiveextra, supplementarybesides
adverbin addition; as well- added to
- additionally
- along with
- also
- and all
- apart from
- as well as
- aside from
- beyond
- conjointly
- else
- exceeding
- exclusive of
- extra
- further
- furthermore
- in conjunction with
- in distinction to
- in excess of
- in other respects
- likewise
- more
- more than
- moreover
- not counting
- on the side
- on top of everything
- other than
- otherwise
- over and above
- plus
- secondly
- supplementary to
- to boot
- together with
- too
- what's more
- with the exception of
- yet